WSJ Sues to Gain Access to Medicare Database
The filing by Dow Jones & Co., in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, comes after a series of articles in the Journal about abuses of the Medicare system.
Bayer Settles Multi-Million With Hemophiliacs Over HIV Tainted Blood
The Coalition Against Bayer pharmaceuticals (CBG) announces that Bayer and Baxter settled a mulit-million dollar compensation suit with hemophiliacs in 22 countries who were victims, infected with HIV or hepatitis C having been infused with tainted blood plasma products in the 1980s. In 2003, The New York Times reported that…
FDA to Review Safety of Electroshock Devices
"Despite ongoing controversy, there has never been a large-scale, prospective study of the cognitive effects of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)." Dr. Harold Sackeim, et al, 2007.
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FDA to Approve PET Scan for Alzheimer’s?
America’s health care expenditure is about to go through the roof–without improving anyone’s health!
FDA Vaccine Safety Notice: Post-Vaccine Seizures in Infants
Public concerns about vaccine safety are well-grounded in reality.
Elias Tembenis, Another Vaccine-Injury Case
"the prevailing medical opinion is that vaccines are scientifically linked to encephalopathy, but not scientifically linked to autism."
PA Abortion Doctor Accused of Murder: 7 Babies Killed With Scissors
Those who rail against government regulation in healthcare must consider the potential consequences.
Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science
A fascinating article in The Atlantic, "Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science" by David Freedman, profiles Dr. John Ioannidis, who says that as much as 90% of the published medical information that doctors rely on is flawed.
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The Truth Wears Off
The excerpts from The New Yorker (below) may be read as a companion piece to the Atlantic article profiling Dr. John Ioannidis. However, the opening example that Lehrer uses to make the point that initial impressive positive research findings often weaken in time, perpetuates a myth about the new…
Obama Administration Duplicity: Drug Firms Shielded from Lawsuits Over Inflated Pricing
Why does the Obama administration shield PhRMA companies against lawsuits by public hospitals and clinics that have been overcharged for drugs in violation of a federal law mandating reduced drug prices for clinics and hospitals that serve the poor?
Astellas Pharma Sues Prescrire, a Medical Journal
Topical tacrolimus and pimecrolimus: cancer, infections—"a clearly unfavorable benefit-risk ratio"— Prescrire International 2010 ; 19 (110) : 257 English edition.